Would You Share An Airplane Armrest With This Dog? The Internet Responds With An Emphatic ‘Yes’

Look at that rather dapper dog seated next to you on the flight. Is that a dandy? A party animal? Or something to be wary of? (Don’t answer, United.) This situation presented itself on a Delta flight when NBC political analyst Mark Halperin met his row neighbor and took a picture for the world to see.

As is internet law, Twitter was filled excitement about the traveling dog. (It’s a bit like when the kids at Springfield Elementary went berserk for a dog in the vents.) Halperin’s caption of “Seriously, @delta??!?” was interpreted a few different ways on social media. There was the “yeah, that dog is industrial grade cute, you lucky flight enthusiast” crowd, the “are you complaining about having a bow-tied dog, no, HERO, next to you?” crowd and just folks that like talking about dogs on a silly social media service because why not?

https://twitter.com/cxcope/status/855686356315521024

https://twitter.com/HollyAnderson/status/855761635926880256

https://twitter.com/AndyCole84/status/855822390311268352

Mark Halperin would clear up any worries that he’s a villain of dogs everywhere by lavishing praise on his seatmate.

See! A support dog with a bowtie that an airborne Halperin could share work stories with. Not entirely sure why the support dog was separate from their companion, but that for a different collection of tweets, we suppose. If airlines could be a sweetheart and refrain from the stroller incidents and aggressive passenger removal, we’d have more time for this sort of conversation.